Status:

COMPLETED

Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab Followed By an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

City of Hope Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzuma...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the feasibility of tandem high-dose chemotherapy comprising melphalan, carboplatin, thiotepa, and cyclophosphamide with or without trastuzumab (Herceptin®) followed by autolog...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed breast cancer, meeting 1 of the following stage criteria:
  • Stage IIIB or IIIC disease, meeting both of the following criteria:
  • Must have received prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy
  • Must have undergone lumpectomy or mastectomy
  • Stage IV disease, meeting all of the following criteria:
  • Only 1-3 organ sites with disease involvement after induction chemotherapy
  • Achieved at least a partial response after induction chemotherapy
  • No more than 3 lesions in the organ sites combined
  • Inflammatory breast cancer allowed
  • Completed chemotherapy, surgery, or radiotherapy for breast cancer within the past 6 months
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 65 and under
  • Sex
  • Male or female
  • Menopausal status
  • Not specified
  • Performance status
  • Karnofsky 80-100%
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hepatic
  • SGOT or SGPT ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Renal
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.2 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 70 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular
  • LVEF ≥ 55% by MUGA or echocardiogram
  • Pulmonary
  • FEV\_1 ≥ 60% of predicted
  • DLCO ≥ 60% of the lower limit of predicted value
  • Oxygen saturation \> 92% on room air
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No autoimmune disorders
  • No immunosuppressive condition
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No prior biologic therapy except trastuzumab (Herceptin®)
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior radiotherapy to adjacent or involved sites of disease that would preclude study radiotherapy
  • Surgery
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Other
  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 1 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    32 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00182793

    Start Date

    July 1 2005

    End Date

    October 1 2014

    Last Update

    February 23 2017

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    City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000